Border restrictions have been extended for another month through March 21 which will make it an entire year since they were put in place by the Trump administration.
The announcement of the continued border closure was made through the official Twitter account of Homeland Security: “To protect our citizens and prevent the further spread of COVID-19, the United States, Canada, and Mexico… Read more »
Early Friday morning, Rep. Henry Cuellar and TAMIU President Dr. Pablo Arenaz discussed new grant opportunities that are expected to benefit students in the coming months.
The CARES Act funds were discussed to help students with expenses such as food, housing, course materials, tuition and more.
Starting Monday, students will be able to start applying for another wave of CARES grant… Read more »
SAN ANTONIO – Rep. Henry Cuellar and other Congress members representing the San Antonio area are urging the Biden administration to establish a federal pilot community vaccination center in the region.
Cuellar -- along with Reps. Joaquin Castro, Chip Roy, Tony Gonzales, and Lloyd Doggett -- sent a letter to the federal government to request the community vaccination centers, which… Read more »
During a community meeting with Congressman Henry Cuellar, people discussed how having little to know access to highspeed internet for students has affected them during the pandemic, and a member of the audience spoke out regarding her family’s situation in El Cenizo.
The issue of no internet signals in rural areas of the region was said to be chaos for everyone. With all students… Read more »
Asylum-seekers who have been waiting in Mexico due to former President Donald Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' program will soon be allowed into three ports of entry in the U.S. — and one of them is right here in the Rio Grande Valley.
Starting next Friday, the port of entry in Brownsville is expected to begin processing up to 100 migrants a day.
At a press conference Friday,… Read more »
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A day before the Biden administration and Texas governor announced plans on Wednesday for three massive vaccination sites in North and East Texas, six Democratic lawmakers representing South Texas border communities asked state health officials to send more vaccines to their “left behind” region.
U.S. Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar,… Read more »
The bulldozers, excavators, concrete trucks and water haulers are parked. The construction crews are gone. And hundreds of 30-foot-tall steel panels are stacked up and down the U.S.-Mexico border.
As promised, President Biden has halted construction of the massive wall — former President Donald Trump's signature project. The new administration has called for a two-month suspension while… Read more »
U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Henry Cuellar (D-TX) introduced the Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions (DIRECT) Act today (Jan. 28, 2021). This legislation will allow state inspected meat to be sold across state lines through e-commerce, allowing small producers and processors more options to directly market to consumers.
“Today, a few large… Read more »
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A South Texas congressman says the Department of Homeland Security has stopped trying to access land on the Southwest border to be used for border wall construction.
This comes after a federal judge recently inferred in a pending land lawsuit case in South Texas that it was uncertain whether the federal government would continue to pursue these… Read more »
TEXAS – Border wall construction in Texas will come to a halt Wednesday, according to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo.
This comes after President Joe Biden issued an executive order stopping work on the wall.
“This morning, I received notification that in accordance with President Biden’s executive order, all CBP contractors have now been formally notified to pause construction… Read more »
